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Which of the following best explains why the atomic mass on the Periodic Table is a decimal.
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Which of the following best explains why the atomic mass on the Periodic Table is a decimal.

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As all protons and neutrons don’t weigh exactly 1 atomic mass unit. We exclude electrons as they have such a small amu

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